(NEXSTAR) – Need a little help understanding the Gen Alpha kids? You’re not alone, according to a new ranking of the most Googled slang words of 2024. Our lexicon is constantly growing – Merriam ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since this group grew up in a digital age, most of their slang comes from their many forms of communication like YouTube, TikTok, ...

As with any generation, Gen Alpha has its own lexicon of what’s cool and what’s not, and they’re letting everyone older than ...

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(WSYR-TV) — If you’ve been on TikTok, Instagram or X, you might have come across the terms “Rizz,” “Coquette” and “Pookie” and thought, “What does that even mean?” On TikTok, a favorite among US teens ...

From the Old English verb slean, slay originally meant to kill or destroy (think slaying a dragon). In slang, slay means to dominate, look amazing or absolutely crush it—whether on a stage, on a ...

Gen Xers were born between 1965 and 1980, which puts them between the ages of 44 and 59 years old. Before they became parents and corporate employees and silver foxes, they were punks and skaters, ...

“Mother” means awesome, beautiful, cool, loving, protective — but another timeless definition is orbiting. “Since the mid-20th century, mother has been used to refer to a feminine queer person who is ...

Slang comes and goes all the time, but where does it go when society collectively decides a word is “over?” Hairstyles from the past comes back, music genres long gone make resurgences — there’s no ...

[WATCH: In the video player above, see which words Americans have the hardest time spelling.] (WJW) – Thanks to social media, slang terms can spread like wildfire among Gen Zers, but leave those in ...